timesonline.co.uk — A flotilla of plastic ducks is heading for Britain?s beaches, according to an American oceanographer.For the past 15 years Curtis Ebbesmeyer has been tracking nearly 30,000 plastic bath toys that were released into the Pacific Ocean when a container was washed off a cargo ship.
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alexforcefiveJun 28, 2007
1. Fill bath with warm-to-hot water2. Place duckies in bath3. Poke duckies occasionally whilst quacking4. Construct beard and hat from bubbles
aufumyJun 28, 2007
These kind of unthinking negative comments based on media bias are not even close to being accurate.Read Quality guru: J.D. Powers <a class="user" href="http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Columns/articleId=105449">http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Columns/articleId=105449</a> Regarding media bias against China, read "The Myth of Tiananmen and the Price of a Passive Press." by Jay Mathews, a first-rate reporter for The Washington Post, who was the Post's first Beijing bureau chief.<a class="user" href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/wanniski2.html">http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/wanniski2.html</a>
riceJun 29, 2007
I do. I do. I do. A chicka-quack-quack.
d3ltaJun 29, 2007
You mean someone dunked the English cricket team in the Atlantic ocean after the last Ashes and this is the best excuse they could come up with? Aussie Aussie Aussie
Closed AccountJun 29, 2007
Aw... you are making me nostalgic...
farticusJun 30, 2007
Why did I get dugg down? Show me the photos of all these toys in the water!!I tell you it is a HOAX!
iiikrazykiddiiiAug 7, 2007
When the ducks hit land, will they have x's in place of their current eyes?
thegyppoOct 1, 2007
Bring a whole new realm of exploration for smugglers. now if only we can turn them into homing ducks.<a class="user" href="http://www.toysau.com.au/bath-toys/rubber-ducks/">http://www.toysau.com.au/bath-toys/rubber-ducks/</a>Gyp
massandroOct 29, 2007
Really amusing! :-)
interjectionJan 25, 2008
I am totally imagining a far far future where ducks, turtles, beavers, or frogs become intelligent. Then we totally get a planet of the apes toy scene.